Secret Hand Gestures in Old Paintings

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Gesture #1: Syndactyly During The Renaissance

The National Library of Medicine discusses Secret Hand Gestures in Painting.

What are we missing?

 

Gesture #2: The Hidden Hand In 18th Century Portraiture

Historyextra.com says the Hidden Hand in 18th-century portraiture symbolized the ‘statesman-like nobility and restraint’ of the aristocratic element. This guy thinks it was just the fashion of the day.

The freemasonic interpretation is more literal:

That the Hidden Hand was a gesture utilized by anyone demonstrating fealty to The Hidden Hand behind history.

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